Australian Weather Forecast

For Friday

NOWSATSUNMONTUE
MinMax
Partly cloudy
Adelaide

12°C

20°C

Clear skies
Alice Springs

21°C

31°C

Clear skies
Brisbane

15°C

33°C

Clear skies
Broome

22°C

29°C

Clear skies
Cairns

17°C

26°C

Fair
Canberra

6°C

17°C

Clear skies
Darwin

24°C

30°C

Partly cloudy
Hobart

9°C

16°C

Clear skies
Melbourne

7°C

17°C

Rain showers
Perth

12°C

19°C

Clear skies
Sydney

13°C

23°C

National Summary

Cold fronts are sending blustery winds & showers across southwest WA, southern SA, Tas & Vic. Warm, gusty winds are blowing across the interior. The odd shower and thunderstorm over WA's eastern interior and SA's west. Dry elsewhere with high pressure.

State Forecasts

Forecasts for Friday

Warnings

WA

Fri 16:32 AWST

Gale Warning for Esperance and Eucla coasts. Strong Wind Warning for Albany Coast. Cancellation for Leeuwin Coast

SA

Fri 16:55 ACST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) Mt Lofty R, Mid North, Kangaroo Island, Upper South East, L SE & Flinders & Murraylands districts

SA

Fri 16:55 ACST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) Mt Lofty R, Mid North, Kangaroo Island, Upper South East, L SE & Flinders & Murraylands districts

VIC

Fri 16:48 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for North East. Cancellation of Sheep Graziers Warning for West and South Gippsland and East Gippsland

NSW

Fri 16:48 AEST

Sheep Graziers Warning for Snowy Mountains. Cancellation of Sheep Graziers Warning for Australian Capital Territory

VIC

Fri 16:47 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) South West & Central, East Gippsland, North East, West & South Gippsland, Wimmera & North Central

VIC

Fri 16:47 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) South West & Central, East Gippsland, North East, West & South Gippsland, Wimmera & North Central

NSW

Fri 16:43 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) Illawarra & South Coast, Central Tablelands, S Tablelands, South West Slopes, Snowy Mountains & ACT

NSW

Fri 16:43 AEST

Severe Weather Warning (Damaging Winds) Illawarra & South Coast, Central Tablelands, S Tablelands, South West Slopes, Snowy Mountains & ACT

VIC

Fri 16:15 AEST

Gale Warning Saturday West & E Gippslands. Strong Wind Warning Saturday Pt Phillip, W Port, Gippsland Lakes & Central & Central Gippslands

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